Garen vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Garen
based on 3,482 Garen vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Garen vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Garen vs Vladimir Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Garen Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Vladimir as Garen
Tips for Playing as Garen against Vladimir
Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.
Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.
Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.
Advice to Win Against Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Garen vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Garen in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some critical Garen versus Vladimir counter stats that can help us grasp the differences between these two champions. As an example, Garen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vladimir’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Garen may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Vladimir..
Garen usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Vladimir. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Garen and Vladimir
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Garen or Vladimir?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Garen usually loses when taking on Vladimir, with a 48.1% win rate. Therefore, Garen makes a bad counter for Vladimir.
While Garen does have a lower win rate compared to Vladimir, when on opposite teams, Garen also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Garen into Vladimir.
Furthermore, Garen also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vladimir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Garen vs Vladimir matchups, Vladimir is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Garen is a somewhat poor counter for Vladimir. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Garen against Vladimir.
Other Champion Matchups Against Garen
Additional Information for Garen Players
How We Calculated Our Garen vs Vladimir Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Garen in order to counter Vladimir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Garen typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Vladimir. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Garen versus Vladimir build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Garen used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Vladimir than with many other typical builds. In fact, Garen boasted an average winrate of 48.1% when playing against Vladimir with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Vladimir as Garen, Garen players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Garen vs Vladimir counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vladimir as Garen are displayed for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu above.